Henry Reynolds (soldier)

English Victoria Cross recipient (1883–1948)

Not to be confused with James Henry Reynolds.

Henry Reynolds

Born| (1883-08-16)16 August 1883
Whilton, Northamptonshire
Died| 26 March 1948(1948-03-26) (aged 64)
Carshalton, Surrey
Buried|

St Giles' Churchyard, Ashtead

Allegiance|  United Kingdom
Service/branch|  British Army
Rank| Captain
Unit| The Royal Scots
Battles/wars| World War I
Awards|

* Victoria Cross
* Military Cross

Henry Reynolds VC MC (16 August 1883 – 26 March 1948) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Reynolds was 38 years old, and a temporary captain in the 12th Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Lothian Regiment), British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 20 September 1917 near Frezenberg, Belgium, Captain Reynolds' company were suffering heavy casualties from enemy machine-guns and a pill-box. Captain Reynolds reorganised his men and then proceeded alone, rushing from shell-hole to shell-hole under heavy fire. When near the pill-box, he threw a grenade which should have fallen inside, but the entrance was blocked, so crawling to the entrance he forced a phosphorus grenade in. This set the place on fire, killing three, and the remainder surrendered with two machine-guns. Afterwards, although wounded, Captain Reynolds captured another objective, with 70 prisoners and two more machine-guns.[1][2]

## The Medal[edit]

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Scots Museum, Edinburgh Castle, Scotland.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "No. 30372". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 November 1917. pp. 11567–11568.
2. ^ British Empire

* Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
* The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
* VCs of the First World War - Passchendaele 1917 (Stephen Snelling, 1998)

## External links[edit]

* Location of grave and VC medal (Surrey)

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Battalions|

| Current|

* RHF (2 SCOTS)
* BW (3 SCOTS)
* HLDRS (4 SCOTS)
* 52 LOWLAND (6 SCOTS)
* 51 HIGHLAND (7 SCOTS)

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Former|

* RSB (1 SCOTS)
* ASH (5 SCOTS)

Predecessors|

| 1st generation|

* Royal Scots (1633–2006)
* 42nd Regiment of Foot ( 1661–1881)
* Royal Scots Fusiliers (1678–1959)
* King's Own Scottish Borderers (1689–2006)
* 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot (1756–1881)
* 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot (1758–1881)
* 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (1759–1881)
* 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot (1787–1881)
* 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot (1787–1881)
* 72nd Regiment, Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders (1788–1881)
* Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (1793–1961)
* 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (1793–1881)
* 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (1794–1881)
* 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (1799–1881)

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2nd generation|

* Highland Light Infantry (1881–1959)
* Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) (1881–2006)
* Seaforth Highlanders (1881–1961)
* Gordon Highlanders (1881–1994)
* Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (1881–2006)

3rd generation|

* Royal Highland Fusiliers (1959–2006)
* Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) (1961–1994)
* Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) (1994–2006)

Victoria Cross|

* Joseph Prosser
* Henry Howey Robson
* William Angus
* Robert Dunsire
* Henry Reynolds
* Hugh McIver
* Roland Elcock
* David Stuart McGregor
* David Ferguson Hunter
* Charles Thomas Kennedy
* George Rodgers
* George Wilson
* William Herbert Anderson
* Frank Gerald Blaker
* Walter Lorrain Brodie
* William Edwards
* John Brown Hamilton
* Alexander Hore-Ruthven
* John Shaul
* James Youll Turnbull
* Gustavus Hamilton Blenkinsopp Coulson
* Daniel Laidlaw
* John Kendrick Skinner
* William Henry Grimbaldeston
* Louis McGuffie
* Bill Speakman
* Francis Edward Henry Farquharson
* John Simpson
* Alexander Thompson
* James Davis
* Edward Spence
* William Gardner
* Walter Cook
* Duncan Millar
* Samuel McGaw
* Thomas Edwards
* John Ripley
* David Finlay
* Charles Melvin
* Lewis Pugh Evans
* Andrew Cathcart Bogle
* Joseph Petrus Hendrik Crowe
* Herbert Taylor Macpherson
* Joseph Jee
* Valentine Munbee McMaster
* Stewart McPherson
* Henry Ward
* James Hollowell
* Aylmer Spicer Cameron
* George Sellar
* John MacKenzie
* Sidney William Ware
* Walter Potter Ritchie
* Thomas Steele
* Donald MacKintosh
* Alexander Edwards
* Robert McBeath
* John Meikle
* Angus Falconer Douglas-Hamilton
* James Dalgleish Pollock
* Ross Tollerton
* Thomas Beach
* Richard Wadeson
* Patrick Green
* Cornelius Coughlan
* George White
* William Henry Dick-Cunyngham
* Edward Lawson
* George Findlater
* Matthew Meiklejohn
* William Robertson
* Ernest Towse
* John Frederick MacKay
* William Eagleson Gordon
* David Reginald Younger
* William Kenny
* James Anson Otho Brooke
* George Imlach McIntosh
* Allan Ebenezer Ker
* George Allan Mitchell
* John Dunlay
* William George Drummond Stewart
* Peter Grant
* David MacKay
* James Munro
* John Paton
* William McBean
* John Aidan Liddell
* Reginald Graham
* Arthur Henderson
* John Crawford Buchan
* David Lowe MacIntyre
* William Davidson Bissett
* Lorne MacLaine Campbell
* John "Jock" Anderson
* Kenneth Muir

See also|

* Scots Guards
* Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
* Scottish Division
* Highland Brigade
* Lowland Brigade
* Scottish regiment
* Military history of Scotland
* Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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